Griz Soccer 2026

[GrizLars]

I'm not meaning to come off looking like an asshole or anything, but it this really that big of a deal? It's not like we're cutting scholarships or eliminating sports in their totality. There's plenty of coaches in the Athletic Department (including Football) that have to share offices. Is it ideal? Probably not but it's not the end of the world. Plus let's not act like there aren't currently plans to do a massive South Campus renovation for new locker rooms and additional space that they could likely use as offices. The sooner we raise that money then the sooner they can get shovels in the dirt and these little minute complaints go away.

There's a lot of reasons one could call for a change at AD (and most of those are fair criticism) but I personally don't think this is that big of an issue.

I don’t think the actual office space is an issue-- it’s just indicative of how the AD treats one of its most consistently successful women’s programs.

After three back to back conference championships & an NCAA tournament appearance - it took 2 months to hire a a new head coach. Yes, potential coaches knew it would be a team that needed rebuilding, but IMO, they may also have smelled the lack of administrative support to get the job done.

 

[Griz til I die]

Soccer is consistently the winningest program at UM, and deserves to be treated with respect. Kent promised Chris 8 years ago that they would renovate the south campus facilities. Would take anything Kent or Jean say with a grain of salt. Nothing at UM changes till people make enough of a ruckus.
Overheard couple weeks ago that the athletics department had been reported to US Department of Education (Title IX Violations), Health and Human Services and OSHA (because of the South campus facilities).

Well that sounds like a great way to set the Athletic Department back even further. A DOE investigation, as if that isn’t part of what set us back for so long any way. If you want change then go to the President, but for the love of God I hope nobody here is stupid enough to report UM to the DOE. Jesus Christ some people.

And guess what? Acting like these problems only happen at UM is a very naive take. At just about every school in America, Football and Basketball are always going to be prioritized over everything else. Whether that’s fair or not, that’s the truth. Even for the most successful Olympic sports programs. Arkansas just eliminated their Tennis program last month, and they were actually a pretty successful program. Why? Because Football is king.

Don’t get me wrong, Haslam needs to do everything he can to support all of our programs and give them the resources needed to be successful. But there’s no way everyone will always be satisfied 100% of the time. There’s lots of give and take. Somebody has to make tough decisions and we can agree/disagree about whether it should be Kent or not, but these problems exist everywhere in College Athletics.